Rangnick has Austria primed to surprise at Euro 2024
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Legendary Nigerian midfielder, Sunday Oliseh, has showered praises on N'golo Kante while naming his favourite nation to win the 2024 UEFA European Championship in Germany.
The former Chelsea midfielder returned to the French national team after missing out on the 2022 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2024 qualifiers.
The 33-year-old defensive midfielder displaced the likes of Eduardo Camavinga and Aurelien Tchouameni in Les Bleus' starting line-up against Austria and won the Man of the Match award due to his impressive performance in the game.
Rangnick has Austria primed to surprise at Euro 2024
FootballOliseh took to his official handle on X (formerly known as Twitter) to hail Kante for his performance in France's opening fixture against Austria after he had been out of the squad for many years.
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"The "Gigantic Alien of Football" is back!! What a pleasure to watch one of my favourite defensive midfielders of all time, N'golo Kante, back to International football for France yesterday," the former Borussia Dortmund midfielder said on X.
The former Super Eagles coach also named the 2018 World Cup winners as the favourite to win the tournament in Germany now that Kante is back in the team.
"I now feel France is a real favourite to win the Euros," he added.
The 2016 Euro finalist's next group game would be against the Netherlands at the Leipzig Stadium on Friday, June 21, according to a report by Soccerway.
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FootballIn a related publication, Sports Brief reported on Kante being hailed by fans after producing a late recovery tackle to stop Austria from getting an equaliser.
The Al-Ittihad midfielder raced from 40m back to stop an Austrian player from a quick counter-attack after Arsenal defender, William Saliba, miss timed his tackle.